National Museum, New Delhi

The National Museum New Delhi (English National Museum, New Delhi ) is an Indian museum in the capital New Delhi at the junction of Janpath / Maulana Azad Road.

History

The museum is one of the largest museums in India. It was founded in 1949 and contains a large number of objects from prehistoric times to modern works of the 21st century. More than 200,000 individual pieces in both Indian as well as international origin houses the museum. It is managed by the Indian Ministry of Culture. In the museum since 1983, the National Museum Institute of History of Arts, Conservation and Museology settled, which since 1989 has the status of Deemed University and thus access to state funding.

The beginnings of the National Museum go back to a London exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts from the winter 1947/1948 on Indian art. After the exhibition, the curators decided to completely show the same exhibition in India. This took place in 1949 in Rashtrapati Bhavan and thereafter should be continued as a permanent exhibit, due to their success. The National Museum New Delhi was proclaimed on August 15, 1949 in the presence of C. Rajagopalachari. A cornerstone of the museum was set by the first Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during the museum building on May 12, 1955. On 18 December 1960, the museum was opened.

Gallery

Head of a Buddha statue in the National Museum, New Delhi.

Buddhist Stupa with relics of the Buddha, a stupa created by Ashoka in 3rd century BC

Buddha in the art style of Gandhara

Shiva dancing ( Nataraja ), Chola, 12th century AD, Bronze

Wooden Garuda statue.

A dancing Balakrishna